They are only in office for years because people keep voting for them. Unless you think the elections are rigged. Please go to Iraq if you think it’s so great there. |
You'd think after blowing $3 trillion dollars, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and getting zero results in Afghanistan and Iraq that we would have learned that bombing people into democracy rarely works. Ahhh 'murican FrEeDumB!! |
Not sure what you are asking. Israel needs to reestablish deterrence by hitting Iran. The US doesn’t want it to because there is no way it wants to be dragged into a war with Iran. Israeli generals don’t want to be dragged in either. However politically Netenyahu needs to escalate. That’s why the US is hyping this nothing burger. The source is some government official to ABC. Why wasn’t it officially announced? Is there anyone in the western media reporting from Iran itself? Arab media, many of it anti Iran have correspondents in Iran. The aljazeera arabic correspondent is reporting hearing the sound of an explosion but could not find the impact on the ground. No one witnessed any missiles so the speculation is that they are mini drones. My family lives in a Gukf Arab country right next to Iran. They told me that the only source in Arab tv for the attack is western and Israeli media but the correspondents on the ground are confused. Life is going on as usual. |
I guess Germany and Japan were failures too. We have a problem with following through and Iraq and Afghanistan had no chance. |
It’s not an ally. It’s an opportunistic whore whose bills are paid by the U.S., and who barely feigns acting like an ally when push comes to shove. Mmm, no thanks - pass. I’d rather have an alliance with just about any other country in the world. |
The U.S. hasn’t won a war with bombing campaigns for freedom since WW2. Thanks for reinforcing the point, lol. |
| What if Israel finds itself in a sticky situation it can’t get out of? What Bibi gets Israel into a deeper conflict and the various Israeli agencies can’t handle it? Will Americans troops have to die for this? |
To be fair we spend the lives and money in nation building and police actions. In Iraq we rolled through the military in 72 hours or so. If we went to war with Iran we should just stick to the war part, and it wouldn’t take much more time than that to eliminate their navy and Air Force and bomb all of the drone manufacturing and nuclear facilities. Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE would help out, locally. However, Iran has no appetite for wider war, they are just trying make it look like they’ve done something to appeal to their hardliners. |
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Dissenting view here, but I think the US's lack of support is forcing Israel's hand. They are now going it alone against an existential threat, so they really have no choice but to attempt to destroy their enemy while Israel still has the military upper hand against Israel. If Israel waits around, it just gives Iran more time to refine their weapons, build their nukes, etc.
This is similar to the story that Putin often repeats about when he chased a large rat around the "dvor" courtyard in the housing project he grew up in. He was thrilled to corner the rat and thought he won. Then the rat attacked him and he realized that cornering an enemy can actually put you at greater risk. As Israel looks to the left and right and sees no allies next to her and an enemy blocking her, she has no choice but to lunge at the enemy. Anyone who expects a different outcome does not understand international politics. |
That bombing campaign only worked because of a few million Soviet boots on the ground. Good thing we ended up alienating Russia and pretty much guaranteeing they won't be on our side this time. |
Israel cannot defeat Iran and they aren't trying to. They're trying to defeat Hamas. Whether they can do that or not is a different question. |
Israel is by far a superior military force compared to Iran. Iran is funding Hamas and Israel has no illusions about the head of this snake. |
Perhaps Israel shouldn’t have gotten Trump to blow up the Iran nuclear deal then. |
Yep. Iran's strike on Israel proved that. Half the missiles Iran attempted to launch didn't fire. They were made in China, reportedly. More cheap, Chinese crap. |
The Iran nuclear deal was a joke. We all know that. |